This week I thought that optimization and related rates were pretty mentally taxing yo. By the end of the week I ended up getting the concepts a lot better and I can solve a lot of these things. We started out by finding the maximum area of a square while also using the minimum perimeter possible, maximum volume of a cylinder with minimum surface area, etc. That ins't that bad. Then there's related rates....
Related rates are a lot more tricky because you have to deal with the concept that you are solving for a derivative most of the time, so when you set up your equation you have to realize what the algebraic implications are of your equation once your take the derivative of it. I don't know if that made any sense. Anyways, it's a nice challenge, though. It utilizes a lot of the math concepts we've already covered throughout our years: Pythagorean theorem, similar triangles, trigonometry, and other logic stuff.
This is our second to last week with Ms. Krauss and all of us will miss her in different ways. She was pretty coo. She was our sheperd (for the first marking period) through this field of calculus. She parted the red sea of optimization. She led us to the promise land. Hallelujahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Related rates are a lot more tricky because you have to deal with the concept that you are solving for a derivative most of the time, so when you set up your equation you have to realize what the algebraic implications are of your equation once your take the derivative of it. I don't know if that made any sense. Anyways, it's a nice challenge, though. It utilizes a lot of the math concepts we've already covered throughout our years: Pythagorean theorem, similar triangles, trigonometry, and other logic stuff.
This is our second to last week with Ms. Krauss and all of us will miss her in different ways. She was pretty coo. She was our sheperd (for the first marking period) through this field of calculus. She parted the red sea of optimization. She led us to the promise land. Hallelujahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.